St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-05

1Hcy Say III Will take Out Il SllOII u1nc
for them to get everything ready, and
they will not begin operations until it is
absolutely necessary for them to do SO.
That's boSh; they are prepared as they
ought to be. Meantime they content
themselves with attending to Outwardly
little minor matters, such as the
strengthening of the iron wire barri-
caGe between the outer cage and the
reception hall, where visitors are al
lowed to range themselves when talk
ing to prisoners.
Chicago depends on the lake, and it
is, as the phrase goes, first-class lake,
for its water. To-day the police author
tiles have sent force of men
Out to the Crib
to protect it from interference by men
who might find pleasure and profit in
stopping the supply of water and con
fiagration afterwards, so you see there
is much to be thought of and there is a
great deal to be attended to. dare say
there are many things of Importance of
which no outsider can know, and the
great public contents itself with obs
stone walls of the jail. A few see the
prisoners, but they are not much to see.
The pitiable part of the show is the
women and the children, poor things.
How they suffer, and how little the men
appear to know or care!
August Spies stopped on the thresh-
old of his cell just before deputy
came to lock him in this morning and
looked upward at a grated window,
through which there came flood of
warm sunshine. The eagerness with
which his eyes
Feasted on the Light
from outside gave his face pathetic
look. If the sentence of the law is
carried out Spies will hardly see the
sunlight of another Friday. No
doubt this thought had Judgement
in his brain, for he never turned
his eyes at Nina Van Zandt, who, stand
ing directly beneath him, looked and
looked at him till the door shut him
from her sight. Mrs. Spies, m1ther OF
the anarchist, Mrs. Fischer and her two
children, Mrs. Engel and Albert Curtin,
of the Arbeiter Ieitung, were the early
visitors to-day. Mrs. Parsons was in
for little while, and was gratified to
see that Parsons was in good spirits. j.
G. johnson, a stone merchant, had a
few words with Fielden, who was form
erly in his employ. A strong pressure
is being brought 30 bear on Fielden to
induce him to make special plea to
the governor. As has often been said
during the trial, Fielden is too much of
a man to be chOked TO death, and that is
put as the basis for gubernatorial elem
ency, reciting the fact that Fielden was
always Woodworking man, and that
his character had always been morally
clear; that lie was a good husband and
father, and honorable in all his dealings
with his fellow men, and that the cir
cumstances that led him into his pres
ent trouble grew out of q zeal he hon
estly felt for the poor and down-trod-
den.
Eielden Smoked a Cigar
cOmplacently. his hands were thrust
deeply into his trousers pockets, and
while his companions were chatting
up and down the corridor smoking, the
picture Of good health and mental Sc
renity. The others appeared to be like
wise Indifferent of any occurrence the
near future had in store for them. No
one, to look at these men.
would have reason to think
the law claimed their lives
and that just one week from to-day
they were to perish on the gallows.
This latter contrivance. by the way, is
stored in the basement of the Jail, and
has not been looked up yet. Il is of such
peculiar make that it can BE put to-
gether in few hours. But about the
jail to-day there was a pronounced be-
lief that there would be no occasion to
use it. SO far as the anarchists were con
cerned. Just at present it is
The Common Talk
about the jail and criminal that the
hangman will have no work to do next
Friday. The shadow of the gallows-
tree hangs over the seven men, and the
only one of them who has not weakened
thus far is Lingg. This morning he
was resplendent in n flaming red neck
tie, and with the hoarse voice of stage
william he relieved his pent-up emotion
by grunting out in German something
about liberty or death.
What an opportunity is given Illinois
Will she sneak out or stand forth with
resplendent dignity?
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